Fun: “My third year at UCLA was one big blur where I would wake up half naked every other night not knowing where I had left my jeans, shoes, or dick.”

Productivity: “What does it mean to be truly productive with your life? Hanging out with friends and drinking alcohol all night is fun for the moment, but I always wake up in the morning vowing to never drink again. Same with video games. You spend all of your time leveling-up your character and getting new features, only to have your hard work made completely insignificant once the new version of the game comes out.”

How do you want to live your life? “The best way to reach the point of self-actualization is to play your life as if it were an RPG (Role Playing Game)”

Never stop learning: “In a video game, you gain experience by slaying monsters and completing quests. Therefore in real life, you gain experience by reading, keeping up with the news, and gaining internships and a high GPA.”

Expand your network: “In a video game, the more people you talk to, the higher the chance you have of someone telling you a hint to complete a mission, giving you an item, or providing you with secret information.”

Find the perfect relationship: “A meaningful and loving relationship will make you much happier than any one-night stand. As an entrepreneur with my personality type, it is much more productive to be in a serious relationship than to be single, and here’s why: If I was single, I would be out there chasing girls left and right. I would not be able to focus on my company because all I would be thinking about is who my next piece would be.”

Judging by these rules I should be a millionaire by now. Did I miss a step? Maybe because I never lost awareness of where I left my jeans, shoes or dick in college I missed out on that valuable career step? Maybe my video game play–while compulsive enough to render my hand numb for 3 months–just wasn’t sufficient to build the skills necessary to become a successful entrepreneur? Maybe I’m having too much sex now–albeit in my perfect relationship–and it’s preventing me from “striving for more” in terms of my career.

But here I am, 40 and still with the word “assistant” in my title; meanwhile, there he is, a year out of college and a (self professed) entrepreneur and management consultant.

My question is, when he and other the Gen-Yers’ career advice bloggers say that they’re entrepreneurs and consultants, do they mean they’re actually supporting themselves in those capacities? Or are they “consultants” and “entrepreneurs” in the sense that I am a “consultant”; e.g. yes, I can write—here’s my email address if you’re ever interested in hiring me for a project…and now it’s back to my cubicle where I sit for 8 hours a day so I can pay the bills and support my kids.

In theory I could brand myself as a thought leader, writer, life coach, marriage counselor, or social media expert…as in, I COULD call myself these things and, while it wouldn’t actually be lying because I could theoretically serve in any of these capacities, the reality is that I don’t currently earn a dime doing any of those things.

But that’s a whole other post on personal branding, a mainstay of Gen-Y blog content.

Gee, another Gen-Y blogger endorsing that cornerstone of 20-something career advice: move back in with mom and dad!Sorry but when I think of a guy who lives with mom and dad, the image that comes to mind isn’t so much entrepreneur; it’s more Will Ferrel’s character in Wedding Crashers, Chazz Reinhold, screaming “MA! Meatloaf! Fuck!”